Month: August 2025
Local Plan Consultation
Dorset Council have published their “Local Plan Options Consultation”.
The consultation is open for comment from 18th August 2025 to 13th October 2025.
In the consultation’s Appendix A, seven sites in the Broadmayne/West Knighton area identified as “Opportunity Sites for Housing” which together could accommodate an estimated total of around 1,170 homes.
Further details and useful links are available on this website on a page under the section “Dorset Council” here is a link: Dorset Council’s Local Plan – BROADMAYNE – A DORSET VILLAGE
Broadmayne Roads to be closed for pothole repairs.
In mid-October Dorset Highways will be closing several Broadmayne roads for pothole repairs.
Bakers Paddock: between 10th – 14th October
Broadmead: between 11th – 15th October
Osmington Drove: between 11th – 15th October
Hightrees: between 11th – 15th October
Woodlands: between 12th – 16th October
Highways tell us ” Whilst these works are being completed, access to properties and businesses will be maintained as appropriate. We may ask the public to wait for a short time whilst we move machinery or carry out a task.“
Here is the full message from Highways which is common to all locations:
PROPOSED HIGHWAY WORKS IN YOUR AREA
To enable us to carry out essential highway maintenance works, we plan to close …….
The road will be closed daily, between the hours of 08.00-18.00 and 09.00 start on Sundays, and will be re-
opened to traffic overnight.
We will be carrying out targeted and localised repairs to sections of those roads.
For the health and safety of all parties, vehicular and pedestrian access is only available by calling the
telephone number listed on our onsite signage. This will allow residents to be escorted safely on and off site by a
Traffic Management Operative.
During the closure periods there will be no on street parking available, and temporary parking restrictions will be
implemented to prevent waiting or parking on the roads listed above. Please note that any vehicle waiting in
contravention of temporary parking restrictions may be removed under the provisions of the Removal and Disposal
of Vehicles Regulations 1986. If a vehicle has been removed, the owner must contact the Council’s vehicle recovery
contractor: Ashleywood Recovery Ltd/Bride Valley Recovery Ltd on 01305 889421.
These works will be carried out by Colas Ltd on behalf of Dorset Council.
If you wish to discuss these works in more detail, please contact me using the details below.
Yours faithfully
Stephen Higgs
Construction Delivery Manager
Dorset Highways
Tel: 01305 228100
Further Details – Land Adjacent to Broadmead
On behalf of the developers, Abri Homes, their architects, Boon Brown, have responded to various issues raised following their previous reserved matters application by making detailed adjustments to those plans.
These have been submitted to Dorset Council’s planners as a reserved matters application P/RES/2025/02270. They are available as many many revised plans on Dorset Council’s planning website and are listed under the above application number. To find them you need to scroll down to start at documents added from 29/7/2025. The first document is a very useful email containing a summary of the changes which are then detailed in the following amended plans. That summary has also been added to this website and can be found by clicking this link.
The application is open for public comment until 22/8/2025
To access DC’s planning website click this standard link.
Broadmayne Parish Council
has negotiated a later date for its own submission
and will be considering its response at its meeting on
Monday the 1st of September.
Come and meet @wessexwater in Dorchester! – Tuesday 5th August
Wessex Water are back in Dorchester with their community drop-in sessions, to give you the opportunity to come along and chat to them with any water-related queries.
The next session will be held in Dorchester Library from 10am until 2pm on Tuesday 5th August 2025.
To find out more, visit: https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/